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Waking up Colombians to A professor and his periodicals Digging it in Idaho their violence Budget constraints have forced libraries to cancel many scholarly journal subscriptions. Anthropology students hit “gold” What’s a researcher to do? in archaeological site Expert says decay spilling over to Ecuador 5 3 16 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Volume 37 Number 4 OCTOBER 15, 1999 http://www.ualberta.ca/folio Golds but little green Successful athletic program expands with Pandas rugby despite scarce finances By Dan Carle outh of the border, balance in college lot about society in general. I’m glad to be Ssport is law. In fact, within the National Athletics part of this, the first team.” Collegiate Athletic Association, universi- Helen Wright, the new rugby team’s ties are mandated to equitably balance coach, suggested common sense finally intercollegiate programs across financial caught up with popularity within female and gender lines. sport by gaining national and institu- Jason Whitherspoon, Jason In Canada, it’s common sense that tional support. strikes the balance, not legislation. North “There was an assumption that if girls of the border, the Canadian Interuniver- wanted to play anything, they would just sity Athletic Union has added three wom- make it happen for themselves. But they en’s sport national championships in the don’t. They need the same structure and last three seasons. leadership as men’s sports,” said Wright, “There is a really strong movement to who is also managing director of the Al- women being more seriously and com- berta Rugby Union. “We get girls out here petitively involved in sport. I think you that are 100 pounds running against girls have to keep up with that trend. Sport is than are easily 200 not just for men anymore,” said Ian pounds. Well, what Athletics Reade, director of Athletics makes them want to and Recreation at the Uni- It seems the do that? They get to welcomed its versity of Alberta. Reade participate. They need was on the field Oct. 7 as creed is: if to be encouraged.” third women’s Athletics welcomed its third Said Wright: “It’s not women’s interuniversity you want to something we do cul- interuniversity program in three years— turally: encourage program in three women’s rugby—into the play you’ll girls to go out there fold to expand its programs and get dirty.” years—women’s to 19 (10 Pandas and nine have to pay. There are costs to Golden Bears teams). Four setting these new rugby—into the years ago the U of A featured nine men’s paths, new agendas, programs and seven women’s programs. and providing fresh fold to expand its The University of Alberta went 15 opportunities for fe- seasons without adding a new interuni- male athletes that they programs to 19. versity program before Pandas hockey simply have not had. was introduced in 1997/1998, Pandas But these costs are increasingly the re- wrestling one season later and now sponsibility of the program itself. Pandas rugby. Vang Ioannides, the head coach of The tide is turning, it seems, because the Golden Bears and Pandas wrestling perceptions have changed. This means teams, estimates 80 per cent of his two athletic department operations are chang- teams’ total budget is self-generated. ing also. Athletic departments, Alberta’s Reade says Pandas hockey is 50 per cent included, are stick-handling to add pro- self-generated—“because we have to grams on one hand without incurring New action on the field: Pandas rugby at the U of A. pay for ice”—with Pandas rugby debt on the other. It is safe to suggest charged with making up 80 per cent of there is a decided lack of new financial “It lets the sport show it can sustain community. We gradually build in fund- its budget. resources at each of Canada’s 47 schools. itself,” Reade said. “I mean nobody sup- ing which then takes it to the next level,” It seems the creed is: if you want to Athletics and Recreation created a ports sport at most levels—it supports Reade said. play you’ll have to pay. new administrative level for new pro- itself —but all of a sudden the athletes get Women’s rugby is now at the next “A university making a commitment grams under the Golden Bears and Pan- to university and think they should be level at Alberta. to a sport is really important to sport in das name, but with sparse financial com- completely supported. I think that was “I think it’s important for women to the entire community. People see that as mitment until the program shows it can kind of a silly assumption and it stopped be involved in the university at all lev- a strong asset to the sport,” Reade said. maintain financial stability on its own or, us from developing sports in the past.” els,” said Pandas’ rugby captain Heather “We have a responsibility, but the prob- as is the increasing case, sparse financial “They start the program and show us Denkhaus, a 23-year-old flanker and first- lem for us has always been, how do we commitment, period. there is support, there is strength in the year graduate student. “I think that says a do that when we have no money?” ■ Web Watch Improving Canadian quality of life By Randy Pavelich Department of Chemistry includes research dollars http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/ This department’s pages have always im- Throne Speech outlines general spending list pressed me for their directness, compre- By Lucianna Ciccocioppo hensiveness and appearance. A good bal- ance is struck between the graphical and non-graphical content and download times he federal government laid out its blue The plan “certainly builds on the initia- leading research, bringing together for the off-campus ought to be quite reasonable. Tprint for governing into the 21st century tives of the provincial government, with first time all the researchers who have an Structurally, the site is remarkably com- with the Speech from the Throne Oct. 12, the ICT (information and communications impact on health to undertake shared re- pact. The links are well-defined and there promising a better quality of life for Cana- technology) initiative out of Alberta Inno- search priorities.” is always a lot of organized and well-pre- dians, particularly children and families, vation and Science, to attract top academic The federal government also commit- sented information behind them. An ex- and more dollars set aside for research and people to Alberta,” Smith said. “It’s a ted to build partnerships for a national cellent U of A Web site. innovation. timely initiative of the fed- action plan on skills and learning and to “A positive message was eral government. It recog- facilitate the financing of lifelong learning introduced,” said Dr. Roger The government will nizes the competitive nature for Canadians. Marc-Julien Objois’ web site Smith, vice-president (re- of the marketplace.” Details of the government’s plan are http://www.edm.shaw.wave.ca/~mobjois/ search and external affairs). pay for the creation of In his response to the expected to be announced during the U of A student Marc-Julien Objois created “It’s an exciting program, Speech from the Throne, budget outline early next year. ■ a site primarily around the music he cre- with respect to the new re- 1,200 new research Prime Minister Jean ates, but it also exhibits a high level of search chairs.” Chrétien announced Oct. 13 graphical and design sophistication. I Governor General chairs at Canadian his government will pay for KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE: found the pages to load slowly, but that Adrienne Clarkson spoke of the creation of 1,200 new HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE THRONE SPEECH could be an off-campus issue. This site increased support to the universities during the research chairs at Canadian should grow and evolve into something granting councils, “enabling universities during the next • Establish the Canadian Institutes of quite interesting over time. them to forge new partner- next three years and three years and another 800 Health Research ships with our universities to “as soon as possible.” It was attract the best research another 800 “as soon billed as part of a wider • Support a program of 21st century minds in the world through effort to stem the brain Chairs for Research Excellence an innovative program of 21st as possible.” drain of senior academics • Foster greater international collaboration century Chairs for Research and young university • Facilitate commercialization of research Excellence.” The federal gov- graduates to other nations. • Strengthen federal science capacity ernment hopes to foster greater interna- As part of “improving the knowledge tional collaboration and expand Canadian infrastructure,” Clarkson said the govern- Volume 37 Number 4 research expertise in areas such as ment would introduce legislation to create OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, genomics, climate change and advanced the Canadian Institutes of Health Re- 400 ATHABASCA HALL engineering. search, “to provide a model for world- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, EDMONTON, ALBERTA T6G 2E8 LEE ELLIOTT: Associate Director, Office of Public Affairs LUCIANNA CICCOCIOPPO: Editor GEOFF MCMASTER: Assistant Editor CONTRIBUTORS: Dan Carle, Phoebe Dey, Barbara Every, Canative Housing donates bursaries, leases house David Johnson, Peter Pachal, Randy Pavelich, Lauren Podlubny, Dan Rubinstein, Lloyd Steier GRAPHIC DESIGN: for aboriginal students Ray Au, Susan Hunter, Marion McFall, Annie Schroeder, Dennis Weber By Geoff McMaster Folio’s mandate is to serve as a credible news source for the University community by communicating accurate and timely information he Canative Housing Corporation has ing we said, ‘Okay, let’s do it instead of has been renovated to accommodate seven about issues, programs, people and events and by serving as a forum for discussion and debate.

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